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It's Blanton, Not Lee, in Game 4 for Phils

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies manager Charlie Manuel Friday said he's decided to start Joe Blanton in Game 4, rather than J.A. Happ or Cliff Lee, who would have had to pitch on three days' rest. Blanton gave up four runs, three earned, in six innings in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers. He...

Without a Perfect Closer, Phillies Go for The 4-Headed One

PHILADELPHIA -- And the Phillies' postseason closer is ... Brad Blappson. Or maybe ... J.A. Madgeton. That's about as clear as manager Charlie Manuel could make it Tuesday, a day before Philadelphia was to open its NL Division Series against Colorado. "Hard to tell," Manuel said when asked who would close Game 1, if...

Roto Rush: My Apology to Derrek Lee

Poppin' out of the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Before the season started, I was rough on Derrek Lee. I named him the biggest bust on the Cubs for this coming season and included him on the list of "five guys to lose" your...

Baseball Brunch: Senior Circuit Resembles Rest Home for Pitchers

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Ahhh, the National League -- where pitchers can play out their golden years without a care in the world.Think of the NL as baseball's rest home.Just in the past few weeks, Brad Penny and John Smoltz have reached the legendary fountain of youth that...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 8

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world. Well, that took freaking forever ... but the Blue Jays finally started to stink the joint up. I swear to you, you can't stay long atop the MLB Power Rankings -- our failure...

JoeBlanton News From the Web

05/25/12 Blanton still blah, but Phillies go batty, beat... Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA The Phillies will enter Memorial Day weekend in last place.
05/24/12 Cardinals Preview: Westbrook vs. Phillies Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Jeff Gordon previews today's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies at 7:15 p.m. at Busch Stadium (FSM, MLB Network).
05/24/12 Freese, Cardinals welcome Phillies to St. Louis Source: ABC - KTVX 4 - Salt Lake City UT Even a World Series MVP needs time off to work things out.
05/20/12 Missed Opportunities Source: NBC - NBC 10 - Philadelphia PA Coming into this weekend's series with the Boston Red Sox, the Philadelphia Phillies were winners of six straight, seven of their last eight, and, for the first time since Opening Day, above the .500 mark.
05/20/12 Character-builder? Battered, bruised Red Sox eke out... Source: Clubhouse Insider (Red Sox) As he left the hospital Friday night after getting a dozen stitches to close a gash that split his left earlobe, Jarrod Saltalamacchia texted Bobby Valentine with an update on his condition and a not-so-subtle prediction.